Meaning and Origin
What does the name Snow mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Snow means "Frozen water (The origin: CLOUDS)".
- A user from Malaysia says the name Snow means "Frozen Water/ Ice".
- A user from Australia says the name Snow is of Indian (Sanskrit) origin and means "Cold water".
- According to a user from Nigeria, the name Snow is of African origin and means "Purity".
- A user from Turkey says the name Snow means "Beauty".
Etymology: LG. snaue, or D. snaauw, from LG. snau a snout, a beak
- Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.
- Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes."The field of snow with eagle of black therein." [Chaucer.]
Note: ☞ Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like.
Etymology: OE. snow snaw, AS. snāw; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. snēo, G. schnee, Icel. snær snjōr snajār, Sw. snö, Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. snëgas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. snīwan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. snīwan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. √172
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- Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
- A layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water) covering the ground
- Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- Fall as snow ("It was snowing all night")
- A surname.